Plough Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 June 1983. Cottage.
Plough Cottage
- WRENN ID
- distant-courtyard-cream
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- Harlow MP: Chris Vince (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 June 1983
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Plough Cottage, Great Hallingbury
- OS grid reference
- TL 500 188
- Coordinates
- 51.84806, 0.17628
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Plough Cottage is a cottage that dates from the 16th century or earlier. It features a half-hipped red plain tile roof and is constructed from timber framing with plaster. The building has one storey and an attic, with lean-to extensions on both the right and left sides. There are two gabled dormers and two small paned casement windows. The central entrance has a plain wooden door topped with a pentice board. Additionally, there are two red brick chimney stacks.
Local climate
Plough Cottage sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1995
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